The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations 1990

Large goods vehicles drivers' licences issued to persons under the age of 21

11.—(1) A large goods vehicle driver’s licence issued to a person under the age of 21 shall be subject to the following conditions prescribed for the purposes of section 114(1) of the 1988 Act—

(a) in the case of a full-time member of the armed forces of the Crown, that he shall not drive a large goods vehicle of any category otherwise than for naval, military or air force purposes; and

(b) in the case of the holder of an lgv trainee driver’s licence, that he shall not drive a large goods vehicle of any category for which the licence is issued or for which by virtue of subsections (2) and (3) of section 98 of the 1988 Act (which authorise holders of full licences for certain classes of vehicles to drive all other classes subject to provisional licence conditions) the licence is treated as a provisional licence, unless the holder is the registered employee of a registered employer and either—

(i) the vehicle is a large goods vehicle of a category to which his training agreement applies and is owned or operated by that registered employer or by a registered lgv driver training establishment, or

(ii) the holder is a part-time member of the armed forces of the Crown and the vehicle is owned by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for naval, military or air force purposes, and

(c) in the case of the holder of an lgv trainee driver’s full licence, that he shall not drive a vehicle of any category for which the licence is issued if the vehicle is being used to draw a trailer, otherwise than under the supervision of a person who is present with him in the vehicle and who holds a full standard licence or a full standard existing licence to drive the vehicle.

(2) In the case of an lgv trainee driver’s full licence to drive large goods vehicles of category C, the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of section 98 of the 1988 Act shall apply in respect of category C plus E after the expiration of the period of two years from the date on which he passed the test to drive large goods vehicles of category C.

(3) The holder of an hgv trainee driver’s full licence to drive heavy goods vehicles of class 2 or 3 may, on surrendering that licence and paying the fee prescribed in Schedule 3, apply for an lgv trainee driver’s licence which will be a full lgv trainee driver’s licence to drive large goods vehicles of category C and which, two years from the date on which he passed the test to drive heavy goods vehicles of class 3, will also act as an lgv trainee driver’s provisional licence to drive vehicles of category C plus E.

(4) Subject to paragraphs (5), (6) and (7), an lgv trainee driver’s provisional licence, including an lgv trainee driver’s full licence which is treated as an lgv trainee driver’s provisional licence by virtue of subsections (2) and (3) of section 98 of the 1988 Act, shall be subject to the following conditions (additional to that required by paragraph (1)), that is to say, that the holder shall not drive a large goods vehicle of any category which he may drive by virtue of the licence—

(a) otherwise than under the supervision of a person who is present with him in the vehicle and who holds a full standard licence or a full standard existing licence to drive the vehicle; and

(b) unless there is clearly displayed in a conspicuous manner on the front and on the back of the vehicle a distinguishing mark—

(i) before a date 5 years after these Regulations come into force, in either form A or B set out in Schedule 4, or

(ii) on or after that date, in form B; and

(c) if the vehicle is being used to draw a trailer, unless the licence is for category C plus E and the combination of vehicle and trailer would fall within that category.

(5) The condition specified in paragraph (4)(a) shall not apply while the holder of the licence is undergoing a test.

(6) Where the holder of an lgv trainee driver’s provisional licence (including a full licence which is treated as a provisional licence as mentioned above) has passed a test for a category of large goods vehicle for which the licence is, or is treated as, a provisional licence the conditions specified in paragraph (4) (except (a) where the vehicle is in category C and is being used to tow a trailer or is in category C plus E) shall not apply so far as regards the driving of a vehicle in that category.